THE WALL OF FACES

I, too, proudly wore Lt. Perisho's name on my POW/MIA bracelet. Over the years I have often wondered who he was and where his family are. Seeing his picture has brought him alive and has given me another perspective on this young man who gave his life in service to our country. For all the experiences he never had, for all his plans and dreams left unfulfilled, for the love of his family and country I am living my own life keeping him in my heart. Rest in peace Sam.


. Rest in peace Sam.

My father was in the same squadron with Sam Perisho, and he and his wife Ruth Anne were friends with my parents. Somewhere in my pictures I have a picture of Sam holding me as a baby. It's easy to forget the sacrifice of those who have been gone for so many years. But I try not to forget, and seeing these posts here warms my heart. Sam was a warrior, and a patriot. But looking back, he was just a friend of my parents. And he died doing a job that means a lot to me. Rest in Peace. And let us not forget.

I received Lt. Gordon Perisho as my MIA when receiving the POW-MIA bracelet made popular many years ago, and I found his name on the Vietnam Memorial Wall in D.C. In 1990. I never forgot his name, I thought of him often, and until recently, I didn't know what he looked like or where he was from. Now the internet reveals his story, making the loss feel even greater. Thank you Lt. Perisho for your courage, your heart, and for inspiring a teenage girl, whom you never met, to never take life for granted and to be brave in living it.

Dear LCDR Gordon Samuel Perisho, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow, age shall not weary them nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.......